School of Visual Culture

One of four schools at NCAD, we offer a specialist BA degree in Visual Culture. We also teach all NCAD undergraduate students through our Critical Cultures programme. Staff in the School include some of Ireland's leading writers, curators, researchers and critics.

AD215 BA Visual Culture 

Study Visual Culture at NCAD and develop your understanding and knowledge of the history and theory of art, design, fashion and film, as well as the latest forms of new media and digital culture.

Is this course for me?  - Are you  fascinated by images?  Are you interested in the forces that have shaped the objects, images and buildings which form our world?  Are you curious about what it will look like tomorrow? If so, then yes this could be your course!

What Will I Study?  - Visual Culture is a wide-ranging field of study, focusing on the images and objects which have made up our world from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It regards popular culture – like fashion, advertising and cinema – as being just as meaningful and significant as the works of celebrated artists, designers and architects. At NCAD you can decide where your focus in Visual Culture lies.

Opportunities After Graduation?  - Our graduates work in arts and heritage management, in exhibition curation and education, in festivals and events organisation, and in the media.

How Do I Apply ?  - Apply through the CAO – AD215. No portfolio required, just curiosity!

To find out more about the BA Visual Culture programme watch the video below  or follow this link  Visual Culture

Details of the BA Visual Culture programme here

An outline of our Critical Cultures teaching programme here

Dr Paul Caffrey - Lecturer in the history of art & design, and codirector of the MA Design History & Material Culture

Professor David Crowley - Writer and curator, and Head of School

Dr Francis Halsall -  Art historian and codirector of the MA Art in the Contemporary World

Dr Lisa Godson - Lecturer in the history of design, and codirector of the MA Design History & Material Culture

Denis Kehoe - Lecturer in Visual Culture

Dr Declan Long - Art critic and codirector of the MA Art in the Contemporary World

Fiona Loughnane - Lecturer in Visual Culture

Dr Emma Mahony - Lecturer in Visual Culture

Dr Silvia Loeffler - Lecturer in Visual Culture

Dr Rachel O'Dwyer - Lecturer in Visual Culture

Hilary O'Kelly - Lecturer in dress history

Dr Maebh O'Regan - Lecturer in Visual Culture

Dr Sarah Pierce - Artist and lecturer in Visual Culture

For further information please contact:

Course Leader, BA in Visual Culture

Dr. Emma Mahony

Email: mahonye@staff.ncad.ie

School Secretary

Neasa Travers
Email:visualculture@staff.ncad.ie